1000 mi

Needed the TSB for the rear view compass/backup camera mirror - the compass would lock-up. the TSB did fix the problem.

28480 mi

Same problem, refusing to start. To shop for the third try. Outcome: how it's designed to work. The steering lock jams when the car is parked on a slope to protect an actuator. Just need to release the brake then wiggle the wheel, and the car will start.

32000 mi

Both HID low beam headlights burned out within weeks of each other, and I've read that you have to pull back the fender liner to replace them. I believe their short life has to do with the Automatic headlights, which come on under bridges.

50000 mi

OEM battery was too small for the car; drains too quickly & often has trouble starting the car when car is exposed to frigid temperature. Subaru/dealer states battery is within design parameters.

23000 mi

Battery went dead 3x. Dealer tested and replaced at n/c under warranty. Funny, our 2005 outback went 8 years before I replaced the battery not because of problems but out of caution.

76000 mi US $100	2011 Outback - 5 marker bulbs out and needed replacing. Audio/nav system grounding wire frayed and needed replacing.
99000 mi US $50	replaced daytime running light

27280 mi

Drivers side audio speaker malfunctioning

47000 mi US $65

Replacement of a burned out light bulb in the headlight.

27280 mi C $100	left headlight
52280 mi C $175	left interior light on, killed battery, now won't hold charge. got 5 good years.
62000 mi C $1000	Backup camera intermittently failing. Dealer recommended complete replacement. Declined. Now working, mostly. I suspect a simple loose connection.

155620 mi C $86

Turn signals stop working intermittently. Climate controls unresponsive intermittently. Dealer cannot replicate condition at time of inspection.

78000 mi US $1400

Front speakers inoperative / scratchy sound. Dealer thought it was the amplifier but replacement did nothing to fix the problem.

68820 mi C $120

Battery wore out. I had lots of advance warning. The battery was easy to replace.

94000 mi US $8	Driver-side low-beam bulb replaced. My first time replacing a bulb on this car, it took nearly an hour and required the removal of the driver-side front wheel. Future bulb replacements will probably take closer to a half-hour.
96000 mi US $20	Replaced passenger side headlight. It took 30-40 minutes because access is through the wheel well and even that is tight.

68000 mi

17V014000 recall to replace front passenger airbag

67000 mi

Takata airbag recall

70740 mi C $30

Replaced low beam headlight bulbs. This is the second set of replacements since new. Relatively difficult to replace (must be done from the wheel well).

48200 mi	Navigation/Bluetooth/audio display screen freezes.
24000 mi	Nav and audio screen constantly freezing. They finally replaced the entire system. It was fine for a month but now periodically when the audio is turned off when the car is started the nav screen will again freeze. Unlike prior issues...
29000 mi	Once again as back in Oct engine light oil AT temp light and a myriad of dash lights cameon while driving. Called dealer. Brought it right in. They found only 2 brke light bulbs out. No other explanation for all warning lights coming on
40300 mi US $200	Front headlights. One was out so I had both replaced. Quite the ordeal to replace these-involved removal of wheel! Later confirmed w dealer that this is proper protocol. Lights still do not align properly. I'm told by many that this is not ?
57500 mi	Headlights-again! Don't know why so often or why these are so time consuming to replace.  Also continued problems with navigation. Screen freezes so even phone calls can't be made until the car is shifted to park then back to drive.

3000 mi

Compass mirror did not work -- new mirror installed.

67000 mi	Low beam bulbs replaced per recall after both failed. It was an interesting week before we could get over to the dealer...
76000 mi US $15	Tail light replacement, probably took 15 minutes.
78000 mi	Passenger side airbag replaced via recall
80000 mi US $200	Aux input not working, replaced.

500 mi

Dealer botched reflashing of the software on the compass mirror, had to come back to install a working one.

80000 mi US $80

Replaced malfunctioning/broken backup camera with new oem replacement

118000 mi US $125

Determining location of a leak in the system

122000 mi US $135	AC system was recharged and filled with due to look for a leak.
125000 mi US $130	Tried to diagnose problem with A/C
126000 mi US $135	Tried to diagnose ac problem. Recharged system.
1000000000 mi US $200	Still trying to fix the ac problem

75000 mi US $81	Left headlight went out. Repair included removing left front tire and lining of wheel well. Addendum, April 2017 -- Subaru had a factory recall to replace the headlight lamps free; reimbursed me in full for my repair!
107800 mi US $82	Right headlight (need for frequent headlight replacement is a known major problem in 2011 Outback)

50400 mi US $400

Windshield wiper system switch had a defect that was known to Subaru. They "covered" it under warranty but the warranty was already expired when they announced it. So, in a word, it was NOT covered.

27400 mi	Airbag light was steadily on after a long period of coming on intermittently for some time. The dealer stated the cause was using a inferior cell phone charger. I agreed to not use any of the 12 plugs. Returned to dealer after warning light came back on without using 12v plugs. The dealer replaced the passenger weight sensor.
45000 mi US $12	Right Headlight not working
50000 mi US $8	Drivers side headlight replaced
62000 mi US $90	Windshield wiper switch failed electrically. It was replaced.
67000 mi US $15	Yet another headlight bulb out. I replaced it. The Outback requires you to go in from the bottom by removing/loosening the wheel well liner. Maybe 15-20 minutes.

30000 mi US $140

Headlight out

58000 mi US $100

Leaking at a bushing on compressor/condenser

85000 mi US $50

low beam was out. The car seem to have beams and bulbs go out too often

74000 mi US $350

Driver side electric window operator failure. Regulator replaced.

53940 mi C $50

headlight replacement took 45 minutes!

84000 mi US $250

can't believe for a headlight replacement that one has to pull the front end/wheel well apart!? Who over-engineered this car?

22500 mi

issue with outside temperature sensor, replaced by dealer

79000 mi US $50

Right headlight inoperative had it replaced

7500 mi

Satellite radio connection malfunctioned. Head unit replaced.

77500 mi

Radio and cd player stopped working for no obvious reason. Removed and confirmed fuse for radio (in engine bay) was good. Reinserted fuse and radio now works. What caused the problem remains a mystery.

98000 mi US $600

Compressor

78000 mi US $50

headlight replaced

48000 mi US $135	original battery died.
67000 mi	Front driver side headlight was out. Covered by extended warranty
78311 mi	Projector headlamp burned out. Part of extended warranty program due to difficulty to replace.

78000 mi	Right headlight replaced free under warranty.
127000 mi US $100	Tail light replaced. Bulbs tend to go out often.

105081 mi US $205

Driver side Window Motor/Assembly stopped working. I purchased the part from Subaru and installed it myself. The motor in the Window Assembly was worn out.

55180 mi	Backup camera image became foggy
66960 mi C $140	Replace battery

20440 mi

Steering wheel-mounted audio controls started to sporadically not work. Seemed to be worse when it got very hot outside and the car had been sitting out for long. They changed the whole part (all audio controls), it had bad contacts.

58000 mi	Low beam out, replaced under extended warranty.
59000 mi	Low beam headlight went out again. Dealer replaced under warranty.

33000 mi

The battery had a bad cel and was not capable of starting/running the car.

14700 mi US $22

Daytime driving light out. Lights on this are a pain to replace, let the dealer do it.

7000 mi	Rear passenger window regulator malfunctioned and disabled the use of the window. The window would not seal or move up and/or down. The part was on order and this trip was to replace the broken regulator.
67000 mi US $635	Replace low beam headlights
70000 mi US $80	Replaced low beam headlights

132000 mi US $18

I replaced the low beams on this vehicle. It is a pain. This is the 8th set of Low Beam headlight bulbs. Subaru has extended the warranty on 2010-11 models for free low beam headlight replacement and testing for 10 years/unlimited miles.

20700 mi

Bad headlight relay

19000 mi

Air flow would default to defrost mode. A solenoid that controls this was changed.

65000 mi US $298

Both low beam bulbs had to be replaced and the battery. This was the battery that came with the car.

14300 mi	If the front passenger window was rolled down at highway speeds it would not close completely unless the vehicle was brought to a stop or much slower speed. The window would appear to be closed but a whistling noise could be heard.
34700 mi	Front passenger airbag sensor and seat belt buckle sensor malfunctioned sporadically. Resulted in chime when no passenger or weight in the front passenger seat.

73000 mi US $81

replaced battery and cleaned off corrosion off of holddown bracket, and painted bracket

31600 mi	Drivers power window occasionally loud and forceful at upper stop, as if the window intends to keep going through the top of the door.
72000 mi US $5	Both front corner marker lights burnt out. Dealer wanted $100 because repair involves going in through fender liners/wheelwell. I did them myself and it was miserable, tedious work. I had bulbs, but to buy them would have been about $5.

55100 mi US $15

Replaced driver side low beam.

11160 mi

The AM antenna was broken, so I had no AM radio reception. They sent out for parts. This is the 2nd time I have had it in.

78700 mi US $46

low beam light bulb replacement

38000 mi US $100

Replacement of Windshield Wiper Switch

17300 mi

Replaced AM antennae amplifier. This was covered by warranty.

27560 mi

Rear view camera distorted

2000 mi	Problem when delivered new: Passenger airbag activation unpredictable, off more than on when occupied by an adult. Passenger seat replaced - sensor and computer included.
3500 mi	Front passenger airbags -This is a DESIGN DEFECT, the weight sensors do not work properly [several NTSA reports]. They fail to go 'ON' and default to 'OFF', suggested fix to Subaru, default to 'ON', simple SW fix, declined -
6000 mi	Dealer and Subaru won't fix. Multiple NHTSA reports of same problem on same model, no fix forthcoming A serious safety problem, needs to be recalled.
9000 mi	Passenger air bag problem still unresolved

76000 mi

Recall: replaced left low beam headlight

66800 mi US $100	Replaced 1 low beam headlight, passenger side.
71000 mi US $100	Replaced 1 low beam headlight, driver side.

50000 mi

air bag light came on in the dash after the airbag recall work was done because the dealer left a cable unplugged

67800 mi US $50

Starter was making a grinding noise at 69,000 miles and only below freezing. Replaced with new one. It turns over a lot quicker.

68000 mi US $70	Replace Headlight
77000 mi US $80	Replaced headlight under warranty

21500 mi	driver side low beam was out and needed replaced.
29000 mi	burnt out passenger low beam headlight replaced
51200 mi US $30	LH low beam head light out for the 2nd time on same side
58200 mi US $81	12 lightbulbs, 2.5 hrs of work to replace all of them.
116000 mi US $23	driver low beem and 1 marker light replacement
146000 mi US $70	passenger low beam replacement.
207100 mi US $52	low driver beam out, passenger marker bulb out
217000 mi US $20	Passenger low beam replaced

36100 mi

A flap in the HVAC system was malfunctioning causing a strange sound in driver compartment.

50220 mi C $200

Electrical hum when iPhone attached to USB hub. The hum would become higher pitched as the engine revved higher. Ended up being a pinched cable in the wire harness, from a tie-wrap too tight. Took two trips to shop to recognize and fix.

137024 mi C $24

Note: Not maintenance. Asked for quote on repair costs for - steering wheel radio volume button not working. -when rear defrost turned on then get no radio reception, just get static. *Quotes> replace lower half of steering wheel so have new radio volume button> cost: $322.88 >replace rear windshield, as antennae embedded in windshield is now damaged and thus affected by rear defroster. >cost: $1,459.33 Needless to say I had neither of these completed.

139581 mi C $37

Replaced passenger side brake light bulb.